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Image by sue_n_alex Sure, our love of all things cupcake-ular is well documented, but does the prospect of a giant-sized, all-conquering cupcake makes us a feel a little queasy and e-number crunched? Does it ‘eck. This Thursday, at the Covent Garden Real Food Market, the …

Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been prancing around in your bikini and wellies: Philip Seymour Hoffman is soon to do something feel-good and directorial on the London stage. A man is to be charged over the Costcutter killing. Jesus is saving gangstas …

It’s been a strange ol’ week for Londonist music-wise. On Monday we got worried about a rise in nightclub violence, on Tuesday caught Goldfrapp at Union Chapel, on Wednesday caught Nick Cave at HMV and on Thursday got excited about a new-ish club night at …

Where’s your sense of humour, blokes? Can’t a fat, hairy-chested guy fake being crucified while wearing pink boxers anymore? Well, he can’t in the tube. London Underground censors just banned posters for Fat Christ, a play showing this week at Islington’s King’s Head Theatre. They …

Gothamist learned about the craziest urban nightmare come true: A huge python found in the bathroom pipes. It was also a nightmare for some Yankees fans, as manger Joe Torre declined to come back and manage the Bronx Bombers. At least the city’s attempt to …

Man gets ‘stiff sentence’ for ‘accidentally’ sending people pictures of his penis. He thought it would never stand up in court. Great train robber Ronnie Biggs says his life has been wasted. Not at all. Without him, we wouldn’t have had that superlative ‘Buster’ film …

Arsenal profits on the rise, thanks to new stadium. The allotment keepers’ last stand. Where’s Arthur Fowler when you need him? Oh yeah. Dead. Trafalgar Square art exposes ills of the sex trade. The folk who decide which supernatural beings are worth worshiping declare that …

Heathrow lady sacked for wearing a tiny, almost invisible stud. Story more amusing if you exchange the words stud and lady. Playboy opening massive store in London. No jokes to be had here. iPhone for UK launched in London. Generates 1025 stories on Google News. …

Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant – it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at …